Sarah Morgan

Abt 1826 - Bef 1859  (32 years)

• Name	Sarah Morgan  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1826	North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 1859	Texas   [1]
  Notes	No record of John and Sarah's marriage has yet been located. However, it can be proved by a Deed to John McLemore by the Heirs of Daniel Morgan, dated the Seventh day of January, A.D. 1889, Jasper County, Texas. It was filed for record Jan'y 8th 1889 at 10 o'clock am and recorded January 16th 1889 at 5 pm by AJ Rigsby, Clk. (Vol P, Page 367). This deed indicates that the "heirs at law of DANIEL MORGAN and MARY MORGAN deceased . . . . (include) the grandchildren of the said decedents, viz: J.F. McLEMORE and Mary Ann (McLemore) HORN and her husband Elma HORN... " John Finn and Mary Ann were apparently the only two of John and Sarah's six children still surviving in 1889. Sarah apparently died sometime before John's remarriage in 1859, Nan Kittell indicated that she might have died in Alexandria, Louisiana, on the way to Newton County. As her youngest daughter, Mary Ann, was said to be born in Newton County, it would appear Sarah probably died shortly after the family arrived in Texas. In a letter provided to me by Kenneth Morgan, written by Carolyn Lockhart, she indicated that Sarah's parents, Daniel and Mary Morgan, were "100% Cherokee Indian." She said that Sarah's sister, Elizabeth, instructed her children not to mention their heritage. Elizabeth, however, always wore fringe on her dresses to secretly remind herself of her Cherokee forebearers. Her paternal line were said to have emigrated to the United States from Ireland or Wales, so the Native heritage was presumed to be maternal. Jo Ann Lee Gartig suggests she might actually have been associated with the Creek tribe, not Cherokee. However, mtDNA testing shows her direct maternal line was HV, a very common European marker, and not one associated with native heritage. It is possible she did indeed have some Native American ancestry, but if she did, it was not through either her direct paternal or direct maternal lines, and she was certainly not "100%."
  Person ID	I1989	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Daniel Morgan,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina d. Bef 1886, Roganville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary ???,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina d. Aft 1860, Roganville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1826
  	Unable to locate a marriage record for them, even though the marriage records for his siblings were located. The McDaniel/Scarborough/Lutman tree on WorldConnect INCORRECTLY shows her as Susan Mary McShan of Union, South Carolina. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bigdocmcd&id=I184136 The maiden name of Daniel's wife, Mary, has currently NOT been proven.
  Photos		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Headstones		Morgan, Daniel and Mary This marker was placed on their final resting place more than 100 years after their death, replacing an ironstone rock
  Family ID	F1301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John M. McLemore,   b. Abt 1822, North Carolina d. Jan 1891, Jasper County, Texas (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1844
  	In a letter that Edythe McLemore McCoy wrote Sam McLemore in June, 1982, she indicated that "Your information was most helpful in that I went to the Genealogical Library in Beaumont and researched the 1850 Census in Decatur County, Georgia, where I found John McElmore (sic) and his wife, Sarah. They had three living children and may have had another one who died in infancy (before Finn was born in 1853). That would account for seven children including Dan and Mary Ann (the three that came to Texas). I will look for marriage records around 1844-1845 in Alexandria, La. Also, I plan to get in touch with a man in Crossett, Ark., who says his great granddad may have been a brother of John Mclemore who came to Texas."
  Children	1. William McLemore,   b. Abt 1845, Decatur County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   2. James H. McLemore,   b. Abt 1848, Decatur County, Georgia d. Bef 1870, Jasper County, Texas (Age 21 years)   3. Sarah McLemore,   b. Abt 1849, Decatur County, Georgia d. Bef 1860 (Age 10 years)   4. John F. "Finn" McLemore,   b. 28 Dec 1853, Decatur County, Georgia d. 12 Feb 1924, Sabine County, Texas (Age 70 years)   5. Daniel F McLemore,   b. Abt 1856, Decatur County, Georgia d. Aft 1880, Jasper County, Texas (Age 25 years)   6. Mary Ann McLemore,   b. 12 Dec 1857, Newton County, Texas d. 12 Jan 1923, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1826 - North Carolina Death - Bef 1859 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Kittell, Nan McCoy--Samuel McFarland McLemore and Descendants, Living Family History (Unpublished typescript ca. 1984, updated periodically).